Workmen's advocate., 1887-02-05
TEXTILE WORK FRS
AN APPEAL FROM THE PRO-
 GRESSIVE UNION.
The Wcaycrs Weaving New Fabric. But Not for the Bosses A Na. tional Union Proposed A
 Large Union Organi.
 2ati0n Possible.
FELLOW WoRkINGMEN :

FELLOW WoRklNGMEN
 According to a mutual understand ing, the seat of the National Execu- tive Board of the 7rfte Workers ProgyeSsire IHi0H of 1merica has been moved from lIolyokc, Mass, to the city of Philadelphia.
 Our city being the great centre of textile industry of the country, we expect to be able to enlarge from this central point our young organi- zatlon, and to extend it all over the country.
 ENhorted by the brilliant proceed ings of the Trades Unions Conven- tion at Columbus, Ohio, which led to forming a strong organization rn- der the name "Amorlcan Federation of Trades, y we are sorry to say that we were not represented Ut said Con- venton.
 We hereby appeal to all textile workers, and especially to every in- dependent union, to join our Gen. tral body. Wherever there is no such union we would advise to or ganlze one, and this Executive Board is at any time willing to lend a help- ing hand to the organization of such open unions.
 We hold, that only by uniform and central organization of our trade, the condition of the textile industry and of those who work at this trade can be bettercd.
 The attempts made last year by the worklngmen of this country to raise wages, have proved that the greatest results are to be expected from the national organization of trades.
 Therefore we are quite pleased to see that the different trades belong ing to the Knights of Labor, one af- ter the other, asks the General Ex- ecutive Board of said order to grant them district, or a national trade charter, in order to be enabled to settle their own affairs in their own way, respectively, by experts of their own choice, and we have seen that the members of the order of the K. of l., themselves adopted this union principles; therefore, one might say, 1t IS but question of time that all the different trades represented in the Knights Of Labor will form sep arate organizations.
 After having given the above views, the Executive Board of the Textile Workers Progressive Union of America bcgs leave to submit the following propositions, hoping that all textile workers unions, including the various textile workers asscmb- l lies of the Knights of Labor, will | aid us in our efforts. We would 1 suggest:
 FWSt, To call a General Textile Workers Convention for the pur- pose of forming national organiza- tion, the meeting place and the date Of said convention to be fixed here | after.
 Second: the secretaries of the diff | ferent unions and those who take an interest in this movement, to enter into correspondence with Us in or der to attend to the further necessa- ry steps.
 At the same time we, the Execu- tive Board, declare again our readi- 1 ness to give whatever information is asked for regarding the organization of the trade; and We would respect full y ask the following named unions to correspond vita us, either in | English or in German, viz: Rock | vile, Conn.,; Adams, Mass; New | ark, N. J.; Beacon Falls, Conn. l New York city; town of Union, N. | J.; Broad Brook, Conn.,; Pittsfield, 1 Mass; Providence, R. l.; Chicago. |
 Fellow workingmen. Do not hesi- tate to listen to this appeal, You know that the wages in our trade l